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Hong Kong feels tremors after magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes off the coast of Taiwan

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Nearly 1,000 Hong Kong residents reported feeling tremors after an earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan on Monday morning. Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau first issued an alert at 7.57am about a magnitude 6.1 earthquake in Penghu county with a depth of 20.5km. The bureau recorded a magnitude 4.7 earthquake at 8.15am in the same county. The Hong Kong Observatory said initial analysis indicated an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 occurred in the Taiwan Strait. “The duration of [the...

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